Medieval & Renaissance Manuscripts

Apocalypse
Belgium, Ghent, ca. 1475
MS M.484 fol. 60v

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Apocalypse: Woman, Child caught up -- In mandorla, woman, crowned, left hand on breast above swollen belly, stands on crescent; nude infant boy is at right. Winged beast with seven heads with ten horns, crowned, and with cluster of stars around its tail, stands in barren landscape looking toward the woman.
Margins decorated with border of floreate rinceaux.
Illustration of Revelation 12:3-5.